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SPECIFICATION forming part 0 2 Lettersy Patent No. 295,274, dated March18, 1884.

,Application filed September 3, 1883. (Model.)

To @JZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, W'ILLMM A. C. OAKS, of Antrim, county of Hillsboroughand State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Apple-Parere, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention consists in an improved arrangement of that class ofapple-paring niachines in which motion is imparted to the apple-holdingfork by moving the frame earrying it and part of the driving-gear arounda central pivot and along` the rini of a fixed segmental toothed riinfor discharging the apple by means of a pivoted doffer retained in placeby a spring and operated bya cam-dog.

I am aware that the above-described machine is old, having been patentedto D. H. Goodell, June 18, 1867, No. 65,804. I am also aware that it isnot new to add a doffer to the above-mentioned machine, this having beenshown in Patent No. 109,454, granted to Williain Robb, November 22,1870. My invention, however, consists in a new and improved forni ofdoffer applied to the old Goodell or a similar machine.

In therdrawings, Figure 1 is a vertical front elevation oi' the Wholemachine, the handle 'being in the position of one-fourth its course fromthe start. Fig. 2 is a side view of the machine attached to the edge ofa table, as in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device for throwingoif the apple when it is pared. In this view the push-oif is in itslowest position as it would be when the handle is in the position shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is asimilar plan view of the device for throwing offthe apple when the push-ofi is at or about its highest point, which iswhen it is in the act Of throwing oii the apple, as in Fig. 2, thehandle being midway ot' its course on the return trip. Fig. 5 is adetailed front view of the Cain which operates the throwing-ofi' device.

The dotted line indicates its lowest position.

A is a seniieircular base-plate, having on its outer face, at the edge,a series of teeth, E, and provided at its upper part with a clamp, A',by means of which and the screw Zthe machine is secured to the edge of atable-top, the plate A being vertical and below the table-top.

To make the machine more secure, the upper and outer ends of theframe-plate A are `provided With two ears or projections, V W, havingsquare notches in the rear, adapting them to iit against the lower edgeof the tabletop, against which they are tightly pressed when the clampis screwed down. The plate A is also provided with arins at suitableplaces to form supports for earns and the sweep or handle-lever.

Supported on the plate Ais a reciprocating frame or sweep, B, turning ona pivot, C, and having jonrnaled to its outer end a spur-Wheel, G,gearing with the teeth on the outer edge of A.

Integral With the spur-Wheel G is a spur- Wheel, D, larger than G. Thisspur-Wheel D gears with a pinion, F, placed above it, and secured to theouter end of the fork-shaft H, turning in bearings Mz on the top of theframe B. This shaft H carries on its inner end the fruit holder or forkI.

Extending outward from the frame B, in line Wit-l1 the journal pin orshaft on which the spur-Wheel G turns, is ahandle, J, by driving whichin either direction 'the frame B will swing on the center pin, C,causing the spurwheel G t0 be rotated by teeth F on fraine A, therotation of this spur-Wheel e'ectingthe rotation of the fork. A lever orpush-off, R, is fastened to the reciprocating frame B at It', and on itsouter end is a curved thin plate in the shape of a sickle. This acts asthe pushoff. At the other end of the lever, which is slightly bent, is arounded end, which rests upon or against the cani-dog S, pivoted to thebaseplate A atb. This push-ott device oper etes as follows: As thereciprocating frame is pushed forward in the act of paring, the innerend, r, ofthe puslroff lever R passes over the upper curved surface oi'the earn-dog S, the springTalloWing it to inove downward enough to passthe end of the lever Without moving the push-off. As soon as the end rof the le ver escapes from the cam-dog S, the cani-dog is brought to itsnormal position by means of thespiral spring T, and is prevented fromgoing up too far by the small stud a iu the frame A.

The dotted lines in Fig. 5 indicate the position of the cam-dog S whenthe lever o' is passing over it. After the apple is pared and the handleJ is brought back toward the starting-point, the end r of the lever Itis brought in contact with the side of the cam-dog S,

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pushing it outward and raising the push-off at the other end, so as tothrow o' the apple. The spring U draws the lever R out of the way of thenext apple as soon as the end r escapes from the cam-dog S.

My improved machine is operated in the following manner: The frame A isfastened to the top of a table by a clamp-screw, Z, and the clamp A A2.The endsV and W of the frame are pushed snugly against the table Y. Thehandle J is drawn clear around to V or to a horizontal position on theleft side. An apple is placed upon the fork I. The handle is then pushedtoward the end WV, causing the apple to rotate against the cutting-edgeof the knife. On bringing the handle J back from W toward V, the end rof the lever R is pushed outward, raising the hooked outer end of thelever or push-oft` and removing the apple. The handle J is continued onits course toward V, and when it has been raised almost to a horizontalposition the frame B comes in eontact with the knife-rod K and lifts itfrom its position in the notch L of the camgroove, and sets it free foraction upon another apple. 2 5 Having now fully described theconstruetion and working of my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an apple-parer, the combination of 3o the reciprocating frame B,the pivoted dofter R, the spring U, the carndog S, pivot b, stud or stopS', and spring T,- substantially as set forth.

2. In an appleparer, the combination oi' a reciprocating frame vibratingupon a pivot, with a doft'er pivoted to said reciprocating frame, and apivoted eanrdog attached to the main frame of the machine and retainedinjts normal position by a spring.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WILLIAM A. C. OAKS. Witnesses:

JOHN M. OBRIEN, GEORGE H. SONNEBORN.

